Dutch banks made billions of dollars trading property stolen by Nazis from the nation’s Jews during World War II, according to a book slated to be published in the Netherlands on Monday. In his Dutch-language book, “Robbery, the Theft of Jewish Belongings During World War II,” Alders asserts that the banks’ actions were covered up by government officials after the war for fear of a backlash.
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